Air Transport Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aug 12, 2014
All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings will open a new pilot training facility in Thailand in September.
Aug 11, 2014
IATA has launched a project to evaluate whether the check-in process is redundant, although it acknowledges the change won’t be easy to implement.
Aug 11, 2014
An Antonov 140 passenger aircraft, operated by Sepahan Airlines, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday morning from Iran’s Tehran Mehrabad Airport on a flight to Tabas in Eastern Iran, according to FARS news agency (FNA).
Aug 11, 2014
Air accident investigators probing the crash of a Boeing MD-83 operating for Air Algerie have revealed the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was potentially broken before the accident.
Aug 11, 2014
FAA announced the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site in Rome, New York—the fifth of six—is now operational.
Aug 08, 2014
FAA on Friday issued a new notice to airmen (NOTAM) restricting all US air carriers and commercial operators from flying in the airspace above Iraq.
Aug 08, 2014
Florida-based Spirit Airlines and its flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract.
Aug 07, 2014
IATA said it has welcomed the decision by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to grant final approval of Resolution 787, the foundation document for the New Distribution Capability (NDC).